Bath Massacre: America’s First School Bombing
Theories of the Third Kind
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In May 1927, a small town in Michigan was shattered by an act of unimaginable violence, the deadliest school attack in U.S. history. What began as a mysterious farm fire quickly unraveled into a calculated bombing that left an entire community in mourning.
At the center of it all was Andrew Kehoe, a man driven by anger, financial ruin, and a belief that the system had failed him.
In this episode of Theories of the Third Kind, we break down the events leading up to the Bath School Massacre, the chilling sequence of attacks, and the disturbing legacy it left behind.
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| 1:52.3 | is called the Bath Massacre and it is America's first school bombing. And it all occurred |
| 2:00.0 | in the spring of 1927. A quiet farming community |
| 2:05.1 | in Michigan became the site of the deadliest school attack in American history. It began with a fire |
| 2:12.5 | on a farm and ended with a school in ruins, dozens of children dead, and a man who believed that the |
| 2:21.3 | entire world had wronged him. His name was Andrew Kehoe. Now how this episode will go today |
| 2:29.0 | is that we're first going to talk about who Andrew was, the planning of his attack, the bombing itself, |
| 2:37.2 | the aftermath, strange facts and findings, theories, and of course, wrap it all up with our |
| 2:43.3 | own personal thoughts and theories. Now before we get into that, we are going to take a quick |
| 2:48.4 | break and we'll be right back. |
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